• On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.
• Four years before, Roosevelt had married Alice Hathaway Lee and they had a daughter.
• Alice was suffering from Bright’s Disease and his mother from typhoid.
• Roosevelt escaped to Dakota Territory to become a rancher, but his cattle died in a brutal winter.
• He returned to politics with a cowboy image and eventually became President of the United States.
• As President, he worked to clean up the cities and stop the exploitation of workers.
Published February 15, 2023
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